The Cardinal Ritter College Prep Lions will square off against the De Smet Jesuit Spartans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Cardinal Ritter College Prep comes in on 21 and De Smet Jesuit on three.
If Cardinal Ritter College Prep beats De Smet Jesuit with 50 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Cardinal Ritter College Prep took their contest at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 50-10 win over Bishop Miege. That looming 50-10 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Lions yet this season.
Cardinal Ritter College Prep can attribute much of their success to Carson (Cart'Dawg) Boyd, who rushed for 157 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and Jamarion Parker, who rushed for 261 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Those 157 rushing yards gave Boyd a new career-high. Elijah Abdullah did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 115 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cardinal Ritter College Prep was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 418 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, De Smet Jesuit's offense rose to the challenge against a Tigers defense that boasted an average of only 12.71 points allowed on Friday. De Smet Jesuit simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Festus 42-13 on the road. Considering the Spartans have won six matchups by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Cardinal Ritter College Prep's victory was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0. As for De Smet Jesuit, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
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